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Were Jesus and John related?
Luke: They were, their mothers being cousins ([i, 36]).
Mary had visited the mother of John, and each was acquainted with the character of the other’s child. John before his birth is declared to have recognized and acknowledged the divinity of the unborn Jesus ([Luke i, 41–44]). Yet, according to the Fourth Gospel, at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry John said, “I know him not” ([i, 33]).